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You Can Keep Your Teen Drivers Safer. Here are 7 Ways That Can Help

By Lorrie Walker
May 16, 2016
Teen Driver Safety

Parents play a big role in keeping their teen drivers safe. Here are seven things to remember when teens are hitting the road.

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Teen Driver Safety

By Editor
May 16, 2016
Teen Driver Safety

Do you have a new driver in the family?  It marks a time of new independence and new worries for parents.

There is sound reason for concern: Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death of teens, ahead of all other types of injury, violence or disease. In fact, every day, six teens are killed in a car crash.

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The Risky Road When an Injured Young Athlete Takes a Painkiller

By Anthony Green
May 10, 2016
The Risks When Young Athlete Takes a Painkiller

Opioids are the source of a crisis across the country. Please tell your representatives that you support HR 4969.

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Tags: sports injuries, medication safety, otc perscriptions

Celebrities and Families Have A Blast At Safe Kids Day

By Editor
April 24, 2016
Drew Barrymore and Jack Hanna at Safe Kids Day 2016

Celebrities, parents and hundreds of kids celebrated Safe Kids Day, presented by Nationwide, at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, CA on April 24th. This was just one of 224 Safe Kids Day events taking place across the United States this spring to raise awareness and funds for the programs of Safe Kids Worldwide.

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Safe Kids in Action: Teaching Families about Medication Safety in Northeast Oklahoma

By Emily Samuel
April 19, 2016

Learn how the team at Safe Kids Tulsa is helping to keep kids safe around medicine.

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Testimony of a Two-Year-Old

By Martha Wilcox
March 28, 2016

According to the family historian, I was not to be trusted.

At age two, I had been left alone for about a minute when I was discovered sitting in my parents' bedroom with a bottle of aspirin -- cap off, bottle upended, contents strewn about. (Clever girl!)

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Safe Kids in Action: Safe Kids Northeast Florida’s Medication Safety Program

By Emily Samuel
March 28, 2016

For more than 12 years, Safe Kids Northeast Florida has been keeping kids safe by finding creative solutions to reach families with the information they need most. One example is their medication safety program. 

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Tags: medication safety, Safe Kids Coalitions, Safe kids in action

Keeping Kids Safe Around Medicine

By Editor
March 14, 2016
Medication Safety Blog

The equivalent of about four school busloads of kids arrive at emergency rooms in the U.S. every day because a child accidentally got into medicine. That’s more than 59,000 kids each year. What can parents do? We have answers.

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Tags: medication safety, poison prevention, medicine safety

Evenflo Recall: The Details

By Anthony Green
February 26, 2016
Evenflo Transitions 3-in-1 Combination Booster Seats

Did you hear? Evenflo Company, Inc. just announced that they are recalling more than 56,000 Transitions 3-in-1 Combination Booster Seats. The booster seat is being recalled because the child can loosen the seat's harness, while in the car seat, which could lead to an increased risk of injury to the child in the event of a crash.

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Tags: evenflo, booster seats, car seat recalls

#DayItForward This Leap Day

By Emily Tuite
February 24, 2016
#Dayitforward

What will you do with an extra 24 hours? Leap Day only happens once every four years, and this year we are supporting our partner Chevrolet in the “Day it Forward” campaign.

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Tags: #dayitforward, leap day, Chevrolet

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